Lot 677: Elijah Walton (Birmingham 1832-1880 Bromsgrove)

Elijah Walton (Birmingham 1832-1880 Bromsgrove)
Portrait of an Arab, in profile, wearing a turban
signed 'Elijah Walton'
traces of black chalk, watercolour, bodycolour
9 x 6 5/8 in. (22.9 x 16.8 cm.), unframed

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Elijah Walton was predominantly known as a landscape painter. From 1860, on the death of his first wife, until 1867, he spent a large proportion of his time sketching in Egypt and the Middle East. The present portrait is likely to date to this same period: two similar portraits of Arabs were sold as a pair at Bonham's, London, 17 December 2008, lot 84.